Increased malondialdehyde concentration and reduced total antioxidant capacity in aqueous humor and blood samples from patients with glaucoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in the blood and aqueous humor of glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous patients. To measure the adenosine triphosphate/adenosine diphosphate/adenosine monophosphate (ATP/ADP/AMP) concentration as a biomarker of the blood energy charge potential.

Methods: We examined 40 consecutive patients with primary open-angle glaucoma scheduled for cataract surgery.

Efficacy of Timolol 0.1% Gel and a Prostaglandin Analog in an Unfixed Combination Compared to the Corresponding Fixed Combinations.

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Autologous conjunctival epithelium transplantation and scleral patch graft for postlensectomy wound leakage in Marfan syndrome.

Purpose: We report a case of woman with Marfan syndrome and longstanding postlensectomy scleral wound dehiscence.

Methods: A 34-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome who underwent lensectomy 20 years ago had conjunctival leakage with chronic hypotony and conjunctival cystic degeneration secondary to scleral wound dehiscence. Presentation, clinical evaluation, and particular treatment with autologous cultivated conjunctival epithelium transplantation and scleral patch graft are described.

Lipid peroxidation and total antioxidant capacity in vitreous, aqueous humor, and blood samples from patients with diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate levels of malondialdehyde and the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in the blood, aqueous humor, and vitreous bodies of diabetic and nondiabetic patients. We also measured the blood energy charge potential (ECP).

Methods: We examined 19 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy.

Acute bilateral angle-closure glaucoma and choroidal effusion associated with acetazolamide administration after cataract surgery.

We present an interventional case report of a 76-year-old man who developed bilateral angle-closure glaucoma with extensive choroidal detachment following administration of oral acetazolamide immediately after routine cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. Rapid clinical improvement occurred after acetazolamide was stopped and high-dose intravenous steroid therapy was given. Although extremely rare, this adverse effect should be considered in patients who develop acute bilateral angle-closure glaucoma and choroidal effusion after cataract surgery.

A rare case report of Loa loa ocular filariasis.

Purpose: We report a case of ocular worm treated surgically and confirmed by microbiological identification.

Methods: A 33-year-old Swiss woman presented to the ophthalmic unit, complaining of pain and foreign body sensation in the left eye. Slit-lamp examination disclosed a subconjunctival amber -colored cord in the conjunctival fornix.

Intimal-type primary sarcoma of the thoracic aorta: an unusual case presenting with left arm embolization.

A case of intimal-type primary sarcoma of the thoracic aorta with unusual left arm embolization is reported.